swage
/ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb
swage is spelled S-W-A-G-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, swage means “A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of swage is swages.
How many letters and syllables are in swage?
| Letters | 5: S-W-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is swage?
Swage appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce swage?
- /ˈsweɪd͡ʒ/
- /ˈswɛd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-swage.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with swage
Sounds like: suage (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with swage?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as swage.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wages.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of swage
- swages plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- swaging participle, present
- swaged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does swage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tool, used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers, for shaping of a metal item.
verb
- 1
To bend or shape through use of a swage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Swage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tool used by blacksmiths and other metalworkers for cold shaping of a metal item:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does swage come from?
Inherited from Middle English swage, from Middle French souage, from Old French souage (“decorative groove”), from soue (“rope”), from Vulgar Latin *soca, from Gaulish *souca (“cord”), from Proto-Celtic *soukā, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to twist, bend”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).